Chinese Fantasy Novels & Stories

I say calmly as I take a step closer staring up at him. “I am what my people call a Jiǔwěi Hú… a cultivated fox spirit.”I murmur as I let the words sit for a second, watching him, making sure he feels it before I even continue. “There are many stories about fox spirits in Chinese legend, we are labeled as tricksters, Seductresses, monsters. We’re seen as creatures that play in the dark and vanish with the morning.” I add, my voice calm, almost dismissive. “Well! I am not one of those.”I say softly smiling tightly as I feel pride overwhelm me as I give him a faint tilt of my head. My gaze sharpening slightly as I let my power slip through the facade I build around me.